The Board found that the appellant's back injury during reserve service, including multiple parachute jumps, resulted in a current degenerative disc and joint disease of the thoracic and lumbar spine. The hearing loss disability was also linked to exposure to noise during reserve service.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence established that the appellant's back injury during reserve service caused his current condition, and his hearing loss disability was related to noise exposure in reserve service.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative disc and joint disease of the thoracic and lumbar spine, Bilateral hearing loss disability
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 22, 2001
- Citation
- 0114354
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- Dismissed
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- Remanded (sent back)
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